Annual afforestation in Mauritania
Mauritania: Annual afforestation was 8,740 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Annual afforestation in Mauritania, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 8,740 hectares per year for annual afforestation in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Mauritania peaked at 8,740 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 8,740 hectares per year, in 1990.
Mauritania ranks 18th of 106 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Mauritania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2865 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7099 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.9576 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Mauritania?
- Annual afforestation in Mauritania was 8,740 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 8,740 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,740 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for annual afforestation?
- Mauritania ranks 18th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.